Clothes-boiler drainer.



A. j. LAMBEL. CLOTHES BOILER DRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1B, ISI-l5.

:L U. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

/J l /5 /Z l L I //Z i i Z L? I/ 9 i 4' 7 7 J i f ANDREW JOI-IN LAMBEL, OF (LMENTS, KANSAS.

CLOTHES-BOILER DRAINER.

Lacasse.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vlPantented Nov. 2S,

Application filed March 16, 1916. Serial N o. 84,637.

To all whom t may conce/rn:

Be it kno-wn that l, ANDREW J. LAMBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clements, in the county of Chase, State of lansas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Clothes-Boiler Drainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

The present invention is directed to improvements in drainers for clothes boilers, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that the same can be readily elevated and held in an elevated position after the clothes have been thoroughlyY boiled so as to drain the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drainer of this character constructed in such a manner that the same can be conveniently raised and supported by the wall of the boiler so as to drain the clothes.

A still further object of the invention is to provide novel means for holding the drainer in its elevated position.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation,. combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which z Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view through a boiler, showing the drainer in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the drainer being shown in its draining position. Fig. 3 is an end view of the drainer. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates a clothes boiler, which is of the conventional shape and with which the drainer is to be used.

The drainer 2 comprises a clothes receptacle 3 which is of the same shape as the boiler 1, but has its wall substantially half the height of the wall of the boiler. It will be of course understood that the receptacle 3 is of such size that it may freely slide up and down within the boiler 1.

To each end of the receptacle 3 is connected the upper ends of the spring arms l, said arms having their lower ends terminating in horizontallyl disposed bars 5, said bars having their inner ends engaged in the slots 6 formed in the ends of the receptacle The' extreme inner ends of the bars 5 are provided with extensions 7 which are adapted to engage the interior surfaces of the ends of the receptacle so as to prevent the bars from disengaging the slots 6.

Fixed interiorly of the ends of the recep tacle 3 are housings 8, said housings being preferably concave-convex in cross section.

By providing the housings S, 'it is obvious that clothes in the receptacle 3 will be prevented from coming in contact with the extensions 7 of the bars 5.

Since the arms 4 are resilient, it is obvious that the same can be flexed inwardly so as to lie fiush with the ends of the receptacle 3, thereby permitting the receptacle to be en# gaged in the boiler 1, and at which time the bars 5 will be engaged in the housings 8. Now when the receptacle is moved upwardly a distance to permit the lower end of the arms Jito clear the upper edge of the wall of the boiler, it is obvious that said arms will flex outwardly so that the bars 5 will rest upon the upper edge of the boiler wall, thus holding the receptacle 3 in its elevated position so that the clothes can thoroughly drain.

Each end of the receptacle i?) has secured thereto the vertical bars 9 of the handles 10, and slidably connected to the bars are the bars 11 of the handles l. The handles 12 are hooked, as at 13 so as to engage over the end walls of the boiler 1, thereby holding the receptacle 3 spaced a slight distance from the bottom of the boiler.

1When it is desired to elevate the recep tacle, it is only necessary to grasp the handle 12 and pull up on the same whereupon the receptacle will move upwardly until the arms 4 are permitted -to flex upwardly, whereupon the bars 5 will engage the upper edge of the boiler wall and hold the receptacle in its draining position.

What is claimed is The combination with a clothes boiler, of a draining receptacle slidably mounted therein, said receptacle having spring arms secured to its ends, said arms terminating at their lower ends in horizontal bars for movement into and out of the receptacle, the ends of said receptacle being provided with slots for slidably receiving said bars, hous ings mounted interior-ly of the ends of the receptacle for receiving the bars when said receptacle is engaged in the boiler, handles secured to the ends of the receptacle, second 5 handles slidably connected to the first named handles, means carried by the second named handle for detaehably engaging the upper edge of the boiler wall to hold the receptacle suspended within the boiler, said arms being lO adapted to Hex outwardly when the receptacle is moved upwardly, whereby said bars will engage the boiler wall to hold the receptacle in its elevated position.

ln testimony whereof, I a'Hix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses. 15

ANDREW JOHN LAMBEL. litnesses FRANK CRAWFORD, A. F. JONES.

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